Attachment for oil-boxes



F. A. MACKIN.

ATTACHMENT FOR OIL BOXES. APPLacATloN FILED JAN. 1o, 1920.

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To all "t0/0m t may Concern.'

Be it known that l, F RANK A. MAGKIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Middleport, in the county ofw Meigs and 'citate of Ohio, have invented new and useful Attachments for Oil-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an attachment for `oil boxes and is more particularly designed for use in connection with car journal boxes of any form now being used by railway companics,

The greatest trouble and the worse con* tention the railway companies have to-day, and rowdy boys, robbing the oil boxes on the cars to get the dope contained therein for the purpose of building a fire. e.

The prime object of my invention 1s to provide means, in the nature of attachments that may be readily applied to any ofthe common forms of journal boxes, without thek necessity of modifying or in any manner changing the present construction of such boxes, and which when applied, operate to lock the lid of the journal box against being opened, as is possible in the present day construction of journal boxes.

Another object of my invention is to provide an attachment that operates as an interlocker for holding the lid to the closed condition at all times, except when the box is jacked up for gaining access to and removing the brass or bearing member, and which interferes with nothing now in use with the present oil boxes or the dope contained within the boxes.

Furthermore, my invention seeks to provide an attachment or means for locking the cover or lid of an oil box against opening under the ordinary `set or attachment of the box, which is of a very simple and inexpensive character and which may be readily and in an inexpensive manner be attached to boxes of any of the forms now used by railway companies. n v

With further objects in view, that will hereinafter be apparent, my invention is an attachment of the character stated that embodies the peculiar features of construction and novel arrangement of parts, explained in the following detail description thereof,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .anuary 10, i920. Serial No.

ATTACHMENT FOR OIL-BOXES.

' patented Augx, initd.

as specifically stated in the appended claims and as illustrated in vthe accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a longitudinal section of the box with the axle journal and the 'bearing brass in place.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view similar to Fig. l, the box being shownjacked-up for removing the brass and illustrates the inter# locking elements as shifted for releasing the box lid, which latter is shown at the open position in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the locking lever and its coperative pivot screw.

In the drawings, l 'designates the body of the box and 2 the lidfor cover, which may be hinged to the box, as shown, or slidably mounted on the body and, when my attachmentsare applied to the box, a hole 20 is made through the lid for oiling purposes and which is normally closed with a slide cover 2l, as shown.

My attachments consist essentially of a locking lug 3 having a square stem 30 that lits into and is firmly secured, in any suitable manner, within a the lid, the lug being positioned on the inside of and adjacent one edge ofthe lid, as shown.

4 designates, what I term the interlocking lever and this lever is attached4 to the inner face of one of the box sides and is `pivotally secured by a bolt 5, that is passed through a hole drilled in the box side and which receives a nut 60 on the Vinner end that holds square hole 3l formed in the lever 4 properly positioned for being' swung 1n the vertical plane, as will presently be fully explained.

The lever 4 is of a length suiiicient to extend from the outer end of the box backy some distance under the adjacent end of the brass 7 and at the said inner end, the lever 4 is formed with a rightangled or crank mem-l ber 40 that extends under said adjacent end of the brass, which latter i luo with which the lever member 40 engages.

Ihe front end of the lever 4 has a latch hookell adapted for interlocking with the lug 3 on the lid, when the weighted or longer end of the lever 4 drops to the interlocking position, when the box body is at the lowered or normal position shown in Figs. l and 2 constitutes a 'stop of the drawings, to thereby hold the lid from being swung` out to the open position and prevent access to the interior of the box, so long as the box is at the running position. By providing means for locking the lid against being opened7 when the box is at the normal position and connecting the said means to the box in the manner shown and described, the lever 4l automatically gravitates to the `locking position, when the lidl is closed and as the box is lowered to the ruiming position and being located, as stated and shown, the yattachment can be itted on any .and all `oil `boxes of any up-to-date equipment.

lt is understood that the boxes are secured in position in the usual way and are capable ot being bodily lii'ted so that as the said box is being jacked up to get the brass out Itwhich brass remains stationary on the joi'lrnals) as the lieverd rises with the box, itsend il() engages under side of the brass, which now acts las a stop lug, and thereby causes the levei` 'i totilt to the unlocking position (see Fig. 2) and releases the lid and thereby gives vaccess to the box tor removing the oldbrass and putting in a new one. ritter the new brass has been placed,

the box lowered .to the normal position and then packed `with dope, after whichthe lid is swung down to the closed position, the beveied locking stud 3 engaging the beveled head fill on 'the locking lever 9e, which then holds the lid locked until the box is again jacked up as before stated;

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, the complete construction, the manner oit' its use and the advantages of my invention will be readily apparent to those familiar with the use o oil boxes.

lli/*hat I claim is:

l. In a journalbox of the character described, a locking means including a member mounted in the box and movable with the same, and a member on the box lid, said members having engaging ortions operable by the relative movement etweenthe box and axle as the box is jacked up for swinging said lever to releaseV the lid.

2. In a journal box oi the character described, a iocking means mounted within the box adapted for engagement with the lid to lock it to the closed position, as the box is lowered to the normal position and adapted for being automatically releasedironi the lid as the box is jacked up, the said means including-a lever rockably mounted on one side ot the box, the said lever having a locking hook at the outer end, the lid having a locking hook with which the leve-r hook interlocks, and a stationary stop within the box under which the inner end or the lever projects `and with which it engages.

.3. An attachment for oil boxes of the character stated comprising a lever adapted lor being rockably mounted on the inner face oi' one side oit the oil box, the said lever haaf'ing a locking hook at one end and a crank member at the other end adapted tor being projected under the `adjacentend oil the jon-rn nal brass and alatch hookadapted for being attached to the box lid'in position for being engaged by .the locking hook on `the rockabl-y mounted lever. y i

' A FRANKA. MACKN. 

